Improvement in railroad-cars



.l G WANDS.

Railroad Cars.

Patented August 19,1873.

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STATES JOHN C. WANDS, OF EASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPRO VEMENT IN RAILROAD-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,062, dated August19, 1873; application filed April 22, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. WANDS, of Nashville, in the county ofDavidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Life-Preservin g Attachment for Railroad-Oars; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing formingpart of this specification.

The object of thisinvention is to preserve the lives of brakesmen onrailroad-cars; and it consists in the particular means hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

The invention is represented in the drawing by a perspective view. a

In the drawing, A represents the top of a car, on which the brakesmanwalks and passes from one to another of the train. 13 is a longitudinalstrip or foot-piece, having an extension, 1), made to project over theend of car;

and O is a bracket attached at the side of said extension. On thebranches 0 c of this bracket is firmly secured a hand-rail, D, that isextended some distance out from car and over the platform.

The application is as follows: The brakesman places his foot upon theprolongation b, slides his hand forward on the rail D, easily spans theintermediate space, and runs no risk of falling between the cars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The foot-piece B and the rail D, raised on a bracket, 0 c 0, appliedtogether upon the top of cars, as and for the purpose described.

JOHN G. VVANDS.

Witnesses:

R. J. J OYNER, M. MAHONEY.

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